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- [swing]
- /swɪŋ/
- /swɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [swing]
- /swɪŋ/
Definitions of swing word
- verb with object swing to play (music) in the style of swing. 1
- verb without object swing to move or sway to and fro, as a pendulum or other suspended object. 1
- verb without object swing to move to and fro in a swing, as for recreation. 1
- verb without object swing to move in alternate directions or in either direction around a point, an axis, or a line of support, as a gate on its hinges. 1
- verb without object swing to move in a curve, as around a corner or central point: The highway swings to the east. 1
- verb without object swing to move with a free, swaying motion, as soldiers on the march. 1
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Origin of swing
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English swingen (verb), Old English swingan; cognate with German schwingen
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Swing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
swing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for swing
noun swing
- ambulation — to walk about or move from place to place.
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- bebop — Bebop is a form of jazz music with complex harmonies and rhythms. The abbreviation bop is also used.
- bell-ringer — Alternative spelling of bell ringer.
- blindside — If you say that you were blindsided by something, you mean that it surprised you in a negative way.
verb swing
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
- arcking — a present participle of arc.
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
Top questions with swing
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